Sonia Mereles Olivera, Ph.D.  

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  EDUCATION

  Ph.D.,  Spanish American Literature and Culture, Indiana University, 2001

  M.A.,   Spanish Literature, Universidad de Navarra, 1992     

  Architect, Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, 1990

  CERTIFICATES

  University of Oxford-UK, Oxford/Berkeley Program, Merton College, 2009

  University of Cambridge-UK, English Certificate, 1989

  EMPLOYMENT

  Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Sweet Briar College, 2007-present

  Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University, 2004-2007

  Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Ohio State University, 2003-2004       

  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Fall 2002

  Associate Instructor of Spanish, Indiana University, 1994-1997 

  Teaching and Research Interests

  Spanish American Literature and Culture

  Spanish American Poetry and Essay

  Southern Cone Studies (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay)

  Indigenous pre-Columbian Culture

  Brazilian Poetry (concretista, modernista, experimental)

  Paraguayan socio-cultural image throughout history, Paraguayan writers, Women’s Studies

                                                      Last Updated:  11/29/2009